The Economic Journal
Last updated ISSN 0013-0133
The Economic Journal is published by Oxford University Press in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,463.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Economic Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Economic theories and models
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Global trade and economics
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Merger and Competition Analysis
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0013-0133, 1468-0297, 1742-0350 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,463 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 19,965 |
| Publishing since | 1891 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/ej |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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